VOCATUS ATQUE NON VOCATUS DEUS ADERIT.
Where mercy, love, and pity dwell, there God is dwelling too.
I remind you that there are churches so completely out of the hands of God that if the Holy Spirit withdrew from them, they wouldn't find it out for many months
The Lord may not come when you want Him, but he's always going to be there on time.
The Lord is my Rock. He has always been there, always present at good times and bad; and to me when I feel His presence, my life is full.
There's a saying that goes around that says "I you crossover make sure you bring the cross over." That's definitely my heart and my aim. I want to remain distinct and authentically Christian in whatever realm I'm in.
All of the images of Jesus and of the kingdom are small things: be a light in the darkness.
We never need feel we are alone or unloved in the Lord's service because we never are. The Savior has promised angels on our left and on our right to bear us up, and he always keeps his word.
Dear brothers and sisters, the Church loves you! Be an active presence in the community, as living cells, as living stones.
The problem with Western Christians is not that they aren't where they should be but that they aren't what they should be where they are.
Our life is full of brokenness - broken relationships, broken promises, broken expectations. How can we live with that brokenness without becoming bitter and resentful except by returning again and again to God's faithful presence in our lives.
Abide with me from morn to eve, / For without Thee I cannot live: / Abide with me when night is nigh. / For without Thee I dare not die.
How sweet it is to learn the Savior's love when nobody else loves us! When friends flee, what a blessed thing it is to see that the Savior does not forsake us but still keeps us and holds us fast and clings to us and will not let us go!
